OneGuyFromBarlick

THIS caught my eye this morning. There's a saying that Robert F Kennedy Jr is very fond of. He used it on the day he was confirmed as US health secretary. "A healthy person has a thousand dreams, a sick person only has one," he said as he stood in the Oval Office. "60% of our populat...

A year has gone by and I am booked in at the surgery for diabetes clinic and blood test this morning. I have been doing a BP reading every morning for five days and they all hover round 120/80 which augurs well for the rest of the tests. My aim is another year of repeat prescriptions!

It always amused me that decaffeinated was unleaded on the street in S California.... I am so lucky that I don't have these allergies and my morning coffee of real coffee is my daily indulgence. Which reminds me of something I have been noting for a while. I don't get the full range of flavour from ...

I remember him David. Foreign Correspondents are a dying breed now that citizen reporters on smart phones have priced them out of the business.

Very honest.....

Good grief!

HOOKER I was aware of Darwin’s views fourteen years before I adopted them and I have done so solely and entirely from an independent study of the plants themselves. Joseph Dalton Hooker, in an 1860 letter to a friend. There is ample evidence that this is a true statement. Charles Darwin often confir...

I'm back in the world. Waste paper out for recycling, a load of washing on the go and I am set up for savoury cabbage cooking as a veggie extender. Lots of honest endeavour.... I need a rest and a hot drink!

So good to hear that Bob had a good day. A fitting reward for all the effort and so sad when it doesn't happen. Good job it wasn't today as it looks as though it is going to be too hot for comfort. They're forecasting 34C for Wimbledon..... Include me out!

https://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/30296/medium This morning the task was to mark and drill the clearance holes in the target end of the bed in such a way that the face of the valve is perpendicular to the base. I have achieved that and got a good first fit but more needs to be d...

https://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/30296/medium This morning the task was to mark and drill the clearance holes in the target end of the bed in such a way that the face of the valve is perpendicular to the base. I have achieved that and got a good first fit but more needs to be d...

Research isn't always about local history!

Bumped and image restored.

Have a look at THIS BBC report. A bishop has claimed church leaders have been "collectively silent on grooming gangs" in an article for The Church of England Newspaper. Bishop of Blackburn the Right Reverend Philip North's comments followed Baroness Louise Casey's recent report, external, ...

The fact that for the second day on the trot I overslept by an hour. Is my body trying to tell me something? I found THIS very confusing. The prime minister has condemned UK punk duo Bob Vylan for urging "death" to Israeli troops in what he called "appalling hate speech". Glaston...

Hey Farm in 1976. There were so many certainties in life then, all of which were to change in the next few years. But we didn't know that then so it was a happy time. Now it's a forgotten corner.

See THIS Political headline.... Major concessions have put the government in a "better position" to pass welfare reforms, the health secretary said, as he admitted Labour's leadership mishandled the rollout of its flagship bill. Wes Streeting said Labour MPs raised "substantial" ...

Yesterday afternoon developed into a very pleasant day.Sunny and warm with a nice breeze. Late sun right up to nightfall. This morning it's calm and mild under a broken cloud overcast. The glass is down slightly on 1018mb and the forecast is for bright overcast sunny spells developing into full sun ...

An old pair of glasses, but can you tell me what's special about them and why?

That was a busy weekend Kev! What a good job you have a functioning car and not a basket full of error messages! Today I shall do my hour in the shed and after second sleep will probably cook some buttered swede as an extender to this week's veggies. I have to start thinking about tomorrow's blood t...

I didn't watch it all David.... Too much to do at this time of the morning, especially if you've had a big sleep. But it was a good factual story of what was happening. How many people from today's generation will have 40 years in work, let alone in the same job..... We have lost that certainty and ...

I had the last two helpings of the last veggie cooking for breakfast and dinner. For tea I had chicken and the new cook of veggies.

I love that undercroft.... such a great survivor.
Paulette has cracked framing and perspective!

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